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Do you know what is actually "protecting" your skin from the sun? If not, then read on...
...but the ones that I do use I should make sure they are the safest by making sure these products are not going to contribute to/cause cancer, mess with my hormones, or even cause allergic reactions...
A great infographic gives a decent representation of what to expect when you have a visit with a Naturopathic Doctor.
...As a Naturopathic Doctor, my focus is getting to the root cause of the disease while using the least invasive treatments possible to aid the body in restoring health. It is our job as the doctor to support the innate healing ability of the body, and then get out of the way as the body heals itself...
A new study indicates a more normal gastrointestinal tract for C-Section birthed babies is possible.
...In the study, babies that were born via C-Section were swabbed with their mother’s vaginal bacteria after it was born. A gauze was placed in mom’s vagina for an hour prior to the C-Section then this gauze was rubbed on baby after it was born...
No baby yet, and, unfortunately, I'm dwelling on that.
...Even with all the “wisdom” read of how to naturally induce labor, I have decided to not push my body. I am taking time to rest, and walk as much as I can. I am listening to my midwife and allowing her to be my doctor rather than trying to doctor myself...
Wishing you all the best for 2016.
...I know in a few weeks my body is going to change yet again. The female breasts become milk making machines, the abdomen is forever altered, and the kicking/hiccups/movements will no longer be something that I feel from the inside...
Breastfeeding can give your baby higher levels of cortisol, but this is not necessarily a bad thing in any way.
...What this does make me stop and think about is the long term effect of the cortisol on the baby, and if any of the effects, if they do exist, are negative, or not. If they are negative then how do we get the mother to destress?..
We should demand more of product labeling in general.
...Do you remember, back in the day, when your mom would put leftover spaghetti into a Tupperware container, and how that container was always a shade of pink/yellow from there on out. Well the spaghetti and plastic were interacting with each other...
Not so surprising that breastfeeding might have other unexpected benefits like reduced occurrence of breast cancer...
...The researchers showed a “30 percent overall decreased risk of breast cancer coming back and a 28 percent decreased risk of dying from the cancer.” This is a great positive for breastfeeding to go along with all the benefits that the baby gets from the breast milk...
A new study links breastfeeding with IQ, and income, later in life.
...These studies are harder to do in more developed countries where higher socioeconomic groups are more apt to breastfeed. In Brazil, by contrast, the proportion of mothers breastfeeding is about equal throughout all of the socioeconomic groups...
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is in the news again, and again we have more bad news to talk about.
...It was seen that the mice fed the higher levels of fructose-glucose died at a rate of 1.87 times higher than the mice fed the table sugar. These mice also had 26.4% fewer offspring...
